johnny brenda’s

Los Angeles-based/Bologna-bred synth pop trio Nuovo Testamento – comprised of Chelsey Crowley (vocals), Giacomo Zatti (drums), and Andrea Mantione (synth) – will be spending their Halloween at Baltimore Soundstage, sharing a bill with our old phriends Scowl and new phriends Whispers (along with co-headliners Sunami).  And while Scowl, Sunami,...

Shoegaze/noise rock quartet Laveda firmly cemented their status as a NYC band with the September 12th release of LP #3, Love, Darla (which dropped via Bar/None Records), an album both sonically and thematically inspired by frontwoman Ali Genevich and guitarist Jake Brooks’ 2023 move from Albany to Queens.  However,...

“It’s gonna be a really special show!  It’s gonna be completely solo and acoustic, all around one mic, which I’ve never done,” says NYC singer/songwriter and longtime phriend of PHILTHY Margaret Glaspy (who we first met in October of 2016, prior to a Johnny Brenda’s show where she was...

“We love Johnny Brenda’s!  Of course, if we could sell more tickets and sell giant rooms, that would be great, but we love playing Johnny Brenda’s.  It really is a room with such a vibe and a feel; you couldn’t build a room like that now, so I’m glad...

Last month, Albany-based metalcore quartet Downswing dropped “For What It’s Worth” (featuring Colorblind’s Travis Moseley), the lead single off of And Everything Was Dark, their sophomore full-length and first for MNRK, which hits shelves October 24th.  They also announced a tour with He Is Legend [celebrating (almost) 20 years...

Last month I caught up with my phriends Tchotchke, whose 2022 self-titled debut LP proved to be the best sunshine punk record since I came up with designation to describe the sonic aesthetic of Beach Day (whose Kimmy Drake credited me with creating a genre).  However, the sounds of...

Today local Philadelphia alt-rockers Her New Knife announced the October 31st release of chrome is lullaby: re, featuring remixes of the six tracks of 2024 EP chrome is lullaby courtesy of Angel Emoji (of Frost Children, who headline The Foundry November 12th), Grimace, Red Rakes, Certain (Sword II), SILICONE...

“I think we’ve had some bad luck with Philly.  It doesn’t seem like Philly likes us.  We played two basements, and one was like 10 people and an active leak, and at the other one college kids got held at gunpoint,” says a half-joking Victoria Winter, Brazilian-American bandleader of...

Those of you who caught the August edition of Philthy Radio, my monthly show for Y-Not Radio, heard me wish the Summer of 2025 a fine farewell with a block of summertime jams, including 2023’s “Summer Wrapped in Gold,” by David Wax Museum.  The self-proclaimed “Mexo-Americana” outfit – at...